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Warner Home Video reveals the artwork for the upcoming 8th December release

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Warner Home Video has announced 1-disc DVD, 2-disc DVD, and 3-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo releases of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for the 8th December. Extras on the 2-disc DVD will include featurettes on the cast and crew and the life of author J.K. Rowling, additional scenes, a sneak peek at the Universal Orlando Resort's The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park, and a digital copy of the film. The Blu-ray release will include all that, along with a Maximum Movie Mode with the stars, director and producers, and BD Live features with Facebook Connect. Also available from the 8th December will be 6-disc DVD ($69.98) and 7-disc Blu-ray ($134.99) releases of the Harry Potter Years 1-6 Giftset which includes all 6 films.

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Quote: Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemorts defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, Harry discovers an old book marked mysteriously "This book is the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.

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BIGPotterFan wrote: Primogen18 wrote: It is funny how many times I see Blu Ray owners tout about how it's "the future", or how excited they are to have moved on to what is new and great. You see those who sell their entire DVD collections, hundreds or thousands to go "all blu", not looking back. Then I come on here and see "Oh sweet, the dvd is included in the blu!". Just kinda funny IMO.

Okay, I still watch my DVDs, I haven't sold them or anything. And the reason I am happy that the DVD is included with the BD, is because I only have one BD player. All my other TVs are hooked up to DVD players. Now, I can what HBP on a BD or DVD player. Therefore I am happy. I know you didn't attack me, and I'm not attacking you back. I just wanted to clarify that not all BD owners have forgotten what a great format DVD is and still watch them. I am in the same boat - I will not sell my extensive DVDs just to go to Blu-Ray - too much money for things I will only watch a few times - and with DVD up-scaling there is no real need to....

Ill get the 2 disc set of the current since the HP 1-6 box set appears to be one disc (the movies) with none of the other bonus features that were in the original release. Basically its a 6 disc set - the original releases contain more than the 6 disc box set.. I also havent gone Blu yet since I am content with the quality I have already..someday I may go blu but its not required for me..

Primogen18 wrote: It is funny how many times I see Blu Ray owners tout about how it's "the future", or how excited they are to have moved on to what is new and great. You see those who sell their entire DVD collections, hundreds or thousands to go "all blu", not looking back. Then I come on here and see "Oh sweet, the dvd is included in the blu!". Just kinda funny IMO.

Okay, I still watch my DVDs, I haven't sold them or anything. And the reason I am happy that the DVD is included with the BD, is because I only have one BD player. All my other TVs are hooked up to DVD players. Now, I can what HBP on a BD or DVD player. Therefore I am happy. I know you didn't attack me, and I'm not attacking you back. I just wanted to clarify that not all BD owners have forgotten what a great format DVD is and still watch them.

Best of the HP films hands down and definately one of my favorite of the year! A BD pick up will be great for me and then the family can take the DVD since they don't wanna upgrade to BD. Is it just me or is releasing those boxsets kind of dumb? All they do is add another film, but it still isn't "complete" seeing as the final film hasn't been released. I dunno, maybe it is just me who finds it weird.

o WB Maximum Movie Mode with director David Yates, producers David Heyman and David Barron, and cast members Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Tom Felton, including Focus Points, picture-in-picture and image galleries (BD exclusive) o Additional scenes (6'31&quot o Close-Up with the Cast and Crew of Harry Potter: hosts Matthew Lewis ("Neville Longbottom&quot and Alfred Enoch ("Dean Thomas&quot lead us on an entertaining look at the cast of Harry Potter as they explore their interests away from acting and spend a day on set with the production team (28'30&quot o J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life: a fascinating and intimate look into the life of J.K. Rowling over the last year of writing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (49'32&quot o One-minute Drills: the cast has 60 seconds to describe their character's personality, history, relationships and other traits before time runs out (6'43&quot o What's on Your Mind: hosted by Tom Felton, the cast is put on the spot when asked a series of rapid-fire questions on their likes and dislikes. (6'41&quot o Universal's "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" Sneak Peek: get an inside look at the amazing world of magic and excitement being created at Universal Orlando Resort in Florida (11'38&quot o BD-Live: o My Commentary o Live Community Screening o Introduction to the upcoming Harry Potter Ultimate Editions by Daniel Radcliffe (BD-Live exclusive) o Facebook Connect

Looks like a pretty solid package to me!

All of this on 1 (ONE) disc! They're finally beginning to take advantage of the storage capacity of Blu-ray discs!

Oh, and the cover looks like it's a lenticular one, combining the teaser posters with Harry and Dumbledore & Malfoy and Snape.

Where did you get this information. And why is there no making of features?

Primogen18 wrote: It is funny how many times I see Blu Ray owners tout about how it's "the future", or how excited they are to have moved on to what is new and great. You see those who sell their entire DVD collections, hundreds or thousands to go "all blu", not looking back. Then I come on here and see "Oh sweet, the dvd is included in the blu!". Just kinda funny IMO.

Yeah! That's why I don't sell all of my DVDs just for Blu. But either way, I'm getting HBP on Blu-Ray.

Aphelion wrote: I guess they haven't figured out that if they can put out a "Hogwart's Complete Trunk" or something leaving two slots open for Deathly Hallows I & II, a lot of fans might take the plunge instead of waiting for all the films to be finished.

that box set they made for the first five movies was pretty damn sweet and i'm not even a fan. that woulda been the time to make empty slots.

i still cant believe people will buy these collections fully knowing the series isnt done. i mean its not like most movies where we just assume there will be more then wait and see. from day 1, people knew each book would become a movie.

It is funny how many times I see Blu Ray owners tout about how it's "the future", or how excited they are to have moved on to what is new and great. You see those who sell their entire DVD collections, hundreds or thousands to go "all blu", not looking back. Then I come on here and see "Oh sweet, the dvd is included in the blu!". Just kinda funny IMO.

I guess they haven't figured out that if they can put out a "Hogwart's Complete Trunk" or something leaving two slots open for Deathly Hallows I & II, a lot of fans might take the plunge instead of waiting for all the films to be finished.

I'll actually still get the 3-Disc Blu-Ray and then when both parts of "Deathly Hallows" are completed, I'll get all 8 films in Ultimate Collector's Edition boxset rather than a regular box set like this, even though it'll contain all 8 films, because I won't mind keeping a theatrical version right now since not all films are released, but asap, I'll get a box set theatrical/director's cut containing all eight films of the series (including the DH split).

Still, I'm just buying the 3-Disc Blu-Ray. I have all five films on DVD.

Why don't they put the YEAR 6 labels on the Blu-rays? I have 1-4 on DVD but 5 on BD, and it doesn't have the Year 5 label on the spine. It looks really cool when you look at them from the side and they Years 1-6 going through.

This will definitely be a buy for me. I really enjoyed this installment and saw it twice in the theaters. I keep waffling on whether it's better than Azkaban or not, but either way it's definitely one of the best HP outings.

Idioteque... wrote: I thought this was a huge disappointment. Rather focusing on drama, it was more of a stupid teen romance.

I, too, was disappointed, but still enjoyed it. Not enough time was spent delving into Tom Riddle's past. Had there been just 10 to 15 minutes more of exploring that, this would be my favorite film in the franchise. The fact that they spent more time on the subplots of the novel rather than the actual plot irks me. There were friends and co-workers of mine who have never read the books and they came out scratching their heads as to the overall point of the film. PoA is still my favorite.

And they handled a certain death scene the same way they handled the major death scene from the previous installment. There was no emotion whatsoever in either case, and again, that really irks me the way those were shot.

Will I be buying this? I'm done buying the Potter flicks until they release the entire series in a Blu boxset. I have 1 thru 5 on DVD, and will definitely upgrade.

I love the Blu art. I was hoping they would use that image of Harry Potter. That was set as my phone and PS3 XMB screen for 2 weeks leading up to the film's release.

Hopefully the extra material will be on the Blu-Ray disc. That should be my theory.

Don't worry you guys, it will have extras. I purchased Coraline a few months ago on Blu-ray and while it contained the combo pack, like this one, there was still extra material. The extras will be on the Blu-ray disc.

stevepulaski wrote: I was excited when I real 3-disc Blu-ray. Then it got to Dvd Combo, and I imagine the third disc will be that god damn Digital Copy. One reason people wont go Blu-Ray is because it's $30 a Blu-Ray. Though Many (Dumbasses) don't know that most are $24.99. They just see one and assume every BD is $30. I tell ya if they want people to Buy more BDs they need to stop that DC bulls**t. Agreed. Tons of Blu-ray on Amazon are $12-15 and some are even $10-11. So it's definitely not that expensive IMHO. Actually, majority of BDs now are $20 or under.

Almost all of my BDs are from the US, it's really useful to follow the 'latest deal' function at bd.com and ruvic's thread at HDD.

o WB Maximum Movie Mode with director David Yates, producers David Heyman and David Barron, and cast members Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Tom Felton, including Focus Points, picture-in-picture and image galleries (BD exclusive) o Additional scenes (6'31&quot o Close-Up with the Cast and Crew of Harry Potter: hosts Matthew Lewis ("Neville Longbottom&quot and Alfred Enoch ("Dean Thomas&quot lead us on an entertaining look at the cast of Harry Potter as they explore their interests away from acting and spend a day on set with the production team (28'30&quot o J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life: a fascinating and intimate look into the life of J.K. Rowling over the last year of writing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (49'32&quot o One-minute Drills: the cast has 60 seconds to describe their character's personality, history, relationships and other traits before time runs out (6'43&quot o What's on Your Mind: hosted by Tom Felton, the cast is put on the spot when asked a series of rapid-fire questions on their likes and dislikes. (6'41&quot o Universal's "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" Sneak Peek: get an inside look at the amazing world of magic and excitement being created at Universal Orlando Resort in Florida (11'38&quot o BD-Live: o My Commentary o Live Community Screening o Introduction to the upcoming Harry Potter Ultimate Editions by Daniel Radcliffe (BD-Live exclusive) o Facebook Connect

Looks like a pretty solid package to me!

All of this on 1 (ONE) disc! They're finally beginning to take advantage of the storage capacity of Blu-ray discs!

Oh, and the cover looks like it's a lenticular one, combining the teaser posters with Harry and Dumbledore & Malfoy and Snape.

A bit boring for the kids this one, i thought it was O.K. Still the same old Grange Hill acting and poor script, directing. If only Terry Gilliam had adapted the first 3 books, now THAT is something i'd have loved to have seen.

This is the best one yet IMO, it really felt like the book, which is my favorite of the books along with Deathly Hallows. Can't wait to see this again, especially as i missed parts of it as two guys in their 20's talked really loud to one another and they ended up in a fight with this other guy and his girlfriend as they didn't shut up. It was all quiet after that. I never thought i'd be watching a fight during a Harry Potter screening. That's weird.

I was excited when I real 3-disc Blu-ray. Then it got to Dvd Combo, and I imagine the third disc will be that god damn Digital Copy. One reason people wont go Blu-Ray is because it's $30 a Blu-Ray. Though Many (Dumbasses) don't know that most are $24.99. They just see one and assume every BD is $30. I tell ya if they want people to Buy more BDs they need to stop that DC bulls**t.

Best of the HP movies after PoZ! I thought the series was gonna suck after OotP, since it was so bad but no, this totally exceeded my expectations! Ill still be holding out for that one massive Blu Ray set when all the movies have come out though

Giovanni Alberti wrote: Easily the best of the films so far IMO and probably my favorite too. I think both covers are good but I prefer that of the single disc. I'll be getting the blu-ray edition anyway so I'm curious to see how that looks. From what I hear the firsy disc will be the film, the second extras and the third a dvd and digital copy disc. If this is true I'll be thrilled.

Easily the best of the films so far IMO and probably my favorite too. I think both covers are good but I prefer that of the single disc. I'll be getting the blu-ray edition anyway so I'm curious to see how that looks. From what I hear the firsy disc will be the film, the second extras and the third a dvd and digital copy disc. If this is true I'll be thrilled.

I thought this was a huge disappointment. Rather focusing on drama, it was more of a stupid teen romance. It's still better than previous efforts and doesn't anyone realize how all the boxarts usually look the same lol?

Pythonofdoom wrote: WTF, if HP can get a 2-disk DVD, then why not Terminator? So, I guess The Hangover will get the sucky DVD & the 2-disk Blu-Ray

Terminator: Salvation underperformed at the box-office ($125 million), while Harry Potter and Hangover grossed over $270 million apiece. I expect Warners to announce a 2-disc DVD and Blu-ray any day now for Hangover -- that way exceeded Warners' expectations.

The documentary "A Day in the Life of J.K. Rowling" is supposed to be included on the 2-disc DVD, as well as deleted scenes, a behind-the-scenes look at the movie, and a sneak peek at the upcoming theme park. I don't know why they're not saving the documentary for the final 2-part movie, since that deals with J.K.R. writing the final book.

I like the artwork for the single-disc and the 2-disc. I'd almost bet money ALL the features will be on the first disc, per the usual from Warner's Digital Copy Editions.

Absolutely beautiful covers. I hope they retain the same artwork of the 2-disc for the Blu-ray. I love the routine of the 3-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo packages. You can have a copy of the Blu-ray, and if a friend doesn't have this yet, there's a DVD copy. Chamber of secrets is still my favorite Potter film, but Half-Blood prince is right behind. Sadly, I might not be buying. I loved the film, but I don't buy Blu-rays constantly.

I would've preferred the teaser poster, but the 2-disc cover is OK. At least the whole title is on there, unlike in most of the promo artwork where it's hidden behind the characters and cut off by the sides.